How can pension funds in Kenya 🇰🇪 benefit from economy of scale? Let’s hear from Sundeep Raichua, the CEO of Zamara Actuaries Zamara, part of the Kenya Pension Fund Investment Consortium (KEPFIC). #IFCMarkets #JCAP2020

"Home ownership helps people maintain spending during economic downturns. Women can also run businesses from home and can use a home loan to establish credit." Jumoke Jagun-Dokunmu IFC Regional Director for Eastern Africa. IFC Africa #IFCHerHome

“Kenya has a market with $14.8 billion in potential business for banks, home builders & contractors. Here, 33% of female-headed households and 66% of households with joint-decision-makers aim to buy a house in the next 5 years” - IFC's Montserrat Ganuza. #IFCHerHome

"Women tend to save better than men. The bank engages with women to build relationships with them. We will be calling on IFC to help us strengthen the model for housing loans for women to make the program even stronger for women customers." Caroline Wanjeri Kihara, Head of Mortgage KCB Group Plc

"As we recover from this pandemic, women can use their housing to better withstand any further emergencies. Housing finance adds to women's and families' resilience." Kecia Rust, Executive Director and Founder - HousingFinanceAfrica. #IFCHerHome

Thank you to everyone who took part in today's #IFCHerHome virtual discussion on housing finance for women in #Kenya. A BIG THANK YOU 🙏 to our excellent panel - Kecia Rust, Caroline Wanjeri Kihara, Jumoke Jagun-Dokunmu and Montserrat Ganuza. Moderated by Thierno-Habib Hann.

📣 .IFC, SANAD_MSME, BIO, and Symbiotics have partnered with KCB Group Plc to help the bank increase lending to climate-friendly projects and #SMEs, especially women-owned businesses in #Kenya. wrld.bg/Vd9Y30rASfW

Productive meeting with Kenya Central Bank Governor Patrick Njoroge this morning where we covered much ground: 1) building inter-African trade and pan-African financial institutions, 2) strengthening #SMEs, and 3) growing #Kenya’s leadership in #digital tech.

.IFC is supporting NMB Bank Plc’s new #GenderBond, the first in sub-Saharan #Africa. The bond will: ✅Finance more than 2,000 women-owned #SMEs ✅Inspire other lenders to adopt Gender Bonds ✅Create jobs & contribute to Tanzania’s economic growth wrld.bg/qr1m30sisCn

When we invest in women, we invest in a stronger future. IFC is supporting sub-Saharan #Africa’s first #GenderBond listed by NMB Bank Plc. I look forward to expanding our partnership to support #Tanzania’s women-owned #SMEs. wrld.bg/qr1m30sisCn

75% of women-owned businesses in Tanzania can't access the finance they need. It's why IFC invested $10M in NMB Bank Plc's first gender bond, which will back 2,000 women-owned businesses. pressroom.ifc.org/all/pages/Pres…

Proud to see IFC invest in Sub-Saharan #Africa’s first #GenderBond listed by NMB Bank Plc. Proceeds from this gender bond will support more than 2,000 women-owned SMEs. Gender-focused solutions are what’s needed to bridge the access-to-finance gap.

"This is the power of partnership. We are not only providing financing but also thinking together to find solutions to the challenges facing the African continent." -- Mohamed Gouled, IFC VP of Risk and Finance. #EquityIFCPartnership Equity Bank Kenya

.IFC is expanding its partnership w/ Equity Bank Kenya to: ✅Increase access to financial services for #SMEs in #Africa ✅Fund more climate smart projects ✅Create jobs & contribute to #Africa’s sustainable economic growth Read more: bit.ly/39EE4b8

Very productive meeting CHOGM Rwanda 2022 w/ Dr. James Mwangi, MD & CEO of IFC client Equity Bank Kenya. We share the same vision to support #Africa’s sustainable development. Together, we want to drive innovation on the continent & develop new value chains, incl. in agri & green solutions.

“The costs of #tradefinance are significantly higher in this part of the world (#Africa). That dampens the ability of companies to access finance and leverage trade.” - IFC’s Denis Medvedev #AFIS2022

“At the World Bank Group, through the Joint Capital Market Program, we are mobilizing resources across the Bank Group to provide country-tailored advisory & investment services in order to have a systematic impact across capital markets.” -IFC Treasury Director Keshav Gaur

Thank you, Mary Wamae, Group Exec. Dir. Equity Bank Kenya & Amine Bouabid, Bank of Africa CEO, for good meetings today on the sidelines of #AFIS2022. It is always a pleasure catching up with IFC clients to discuss our joint efforts to support #Africa’s private sector. #IFCImpact

Fructueux échanges avec S.E. Sani Yaya, Ministre de l'Economie et des Finances du #Togo, sur la manière dont IFC entend accroitre son soutien aux priorités de développement du 🇹🇬.

Great to be in #Lome #Togo this week for the #Africa Financial Industry Summit #AFIS2022 meeting @Ifc_org clients and other partners.